A. "Abut" means two (2) adjoining parcels of property, with a common property line, are herein considered as one parcel abutting the other, except where two (2) or more lots adjoin only at a corner or corners; they shall not be considered as abutting unless the common property line between the two (2) parcels measures more than eight feet (8') in a single direction.
B. "Access" or "accessway" means the place, means or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this title.
C. "Accessory activity" means an activity which is incidental to, and customarily associated with, a specified principal activity, and which meets the applicable conditions set forth in section 17.06.610, "Accessory Uses Related To Principal Uses", of this title.
D. Accessory Building: For "accessory building", see definition of accessory facility.
E. "Accessory dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit that is associated with and is a subordinate use to a principal dwelling unit on one lot that meets the requirements of sections 17.06.650 through 17.06.670 of this title.
F. "Accessory facility" means a facility which is incidental to, and customarily associated with, a specified principal facility and which meets the applicable conditions set forth in section 17.06.630, "Accessory Structure Criteria", of this title.
G. "Accessory storage facility" is:
1. A building originally constructed for use as an accessory building for the storage of materials and equipment accessory to a primary use located on the property.
2. For the purposes of this chapter, cargo containers, railroad cars, truck vans, mobile homes, manufactured homes, trailers, recreational vehicles, buses, bus bodies, shipping containers, vehicles and similar prefabricated structures and other items, originally built for purposes other than the storage of goods and materials are not accessory storage buildings.
H. "Accessory use" includes accessory activity and accessory facility.
I. "Acre" means a full acre containing forty three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet of area within the property lines of a lot or parcel.
J. "Activity" means the performance of a function or operation.
K. "Activity group" means a type of activity which is specifically described in chapter 17.03 of this title on the basis of common functional characteristics and similar effects on other uses, and which is designated throughout this title by a special name including all residential, civic, commercial, service, wholesale and industrial types.
L. "Adjacent" means near, close or abutting; for example, a commercial zoning district across the street or highway from a residential zoning district shall be considered as "adjacent".
M. "Adjoin" means the same as "abut".
N. "Affected person" or "aggrieved party" means any resident of the City of Coeur d'Alene; or any person having interest in real property in the City of Coeur d'Alene; or any person with an interest in real property located within three hundred feet (300') of the external boundaries of the land being considered.
O. "Alley" means a passage or way, open to public travel and dedicated to public use, affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting lots and not intended for the general traffic circulation. Buildings facing an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.
P. "Alteration" means any enlargement; addition; relocation; repair; remodeling; change in number of living units; or other change in a facility, but excluding ordinary maintenance for which no building permit is required, and demolition or removal.
Q. Applicant: For "applicant", see definition of owner.
R. "Apartment" means a room or suite of rooms in a multiple- family facility designed or used as a single living unit and provided with living, sleeping, kitchen, and bathroom facilities. (Ord. 3600, 2018)